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Whaleboat Crushed by a Whale

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Martha's Vineyard Museum

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About this artifact

This engraving shows the moments after a whale has crushed a whaleboat. Men are in the water or clinging to the "stove boat". It is an illustration from The Whale and His Captors or The Whaleman's Adventure, by Rev. Henry T. Cheever

Date:
1853
Creator:
W. Roberts
Publisher:
Harper and Brothers

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